Application description

The full featured storage card management utility

Verify, Repair, Format and AUTORUN your memory cards with Flash Format! With Flash Format you can get detailed information and statistics about your storage cards, including physical characteristics (FAT type, sectors, cluster, heads, cylinders, etc.) and analysis of file allocations (slack space).

Of course, you can also use Flash Format to perform integrity checks, repair allocation errors, and re-format storage cards to original conditions, wherever and whenever you need it. Furthermore, Flash Format lets you activate AutoRun on any storage card (without reformatting), so that your games, MP3 playlists, eBooks or PhotoAlbums can be automatically started at card insertion.

We have engineered Flash Format to be extremely fast and compact: it takes just 120KB of memory on your VPA, yet it provides all the features you really need to take care of your Memory Cards.

Flash Format Features

• Supports all ATA compliant and SD compliant storage cards, including Compact Flash Cards, Secure Digital (SD) cards, Mini SD, Multimedia Cards (MMC) , SmartMedia cards, Memory Sticks, PCMCIA memory cards, and large capacity MicroDrives.
• Runs as a Control Panel applet (accessible from "Start > Settings")
• Automatic detection of card insertion and removal, so you can check, repair or format multiple cards easily, one after the other.
• AutoRun feature: let's you automate the execution of specific files whenever a card is inserted (VPA edition only).
• Provides detailed storage and file statistics (including FAT Type, slack space, heads, cylinders, sectors, clusters, etc.).
• Detailed verification of card integrity and error reporting.
• Detects and repairs allocation errors.
• Supports multiple storage cards simultaneously.
• Formatting features with selection of File System and clusters size.
• FAT Backup option, to improve storage reliability.
• Option to create "My Documents" folder when formatting.
• Option to automatically restore InBox Attachments folder.
• Compatibility option for Digital Cameras.
• Automatically perform integrity check after formatting.
• Easy to use, VPA compliant user interface.
• Full install/uninstall support, with embedded software reset.
• Detailed context sensitive Help (accessible via "Start > Help").

Keep your memory cards in perfect shape with Flash Format!

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